Analysis of the antecedents of toxic Leadership Behavior Staff of Sports Media and its effect on the Job Satisfaction through Intermediacy Role of Unit Civility

Toxic leadership refers to leadership behavior that results in negative outcomes or outcomes and also, it can lead to a reduction in the efficiency of the personnel of the organizations. In addition, this concept leads to an increase in absenteeism, an increase in personnel transfers, and a poor performance of group thinking. In the present paper, we intend to investigate the antecedents of toxic Leadership Behavior with Job Satisfaction in Sports Organizations of Semnan city. This is an applied and descriptive study and has been performed by survey method. A sample of this study consisted of all the employees of the sports organizations in Semnan. For this purpose, a sample of 134 individuals was randomly selected. Structural equations’ modeling was used to analyze research data with Smart-PLS software. Findings of the research show that egocentrism, negative mood and instability and uncertainty have a positive and significant relationship with toxic leadership. However, no positive and significant relationship was found between autocratically management behavior and toxic leadership. Also, toxic leadership has a significant relationship with the Unit Civility. Finally; there was a meaningful relationship between Unit Civility and job satisfaction.